On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:42:10 -0500, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote in
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
.. .

The lesson all involved can take from this incident is to comply with
the regulations and commonsense good-practices contained in the
appropriate aviation documents (AIM for civil). VFR civil flights
need to contact the MOA controlling authority to coordinate transition
through the MOA before departure as part of flight planning while on
the ground, and the military needs to comprehend the concept of
joint-use airspace.


There's nothing to coordinate,

I have found, that when the MOA is scheduled to be active, that
alerting the military to the proposed time and route of your VFR
transition is prudent, courteous, and facilitates coordination of your
flight with their maneuvers. It often also provides you with a
frequency to use to contact the MOA military controller, so that he
can provide you with traffic advisories if he chooses.

VFR aircraft are free to transit MOAs if they so choose.

I completely understand that. However making an effort to facilitate
cooperaton is simple and makes for better relations if nothing else,
IMO.

Radar traffic advisories may be available and are certainly a
good idea, but that's true in or out of a MOA.

I couldn't agree more.

ATC may not be in communications with military aircraft in the MOA or
have ready communications with the using agency to make them aware of
the presence of VFR aircraft in the MOA.


Unfortunately, that is too true, and it is part of the reason for my
taking responsibility for the situation myself to the extent that I am
able.



If the military finds a VFR civil flight in the MOA with them, and
they feel that it unnecessarily hinders their training missions, they
need to work through the system to have the procedures, regulations or
airspace classification modified. The military should not use their
taxpayer funded hardware to audaciously intimidate the very citizen
taxpayers whom they serve, _legally_ (but perhaps imprudently)
operating within the NAS, least they bring dishonor upon themselves.


Have the airspace modified in what way?


Whatever way may be appropriate in a given situation.

The point is, that it's important to work THROUGH the system, not
bypass it with unilateral disregard for regulations/instructions.